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The Golden State Warriors have gotten off to a solid start to the 2024-25 NBA season with a 2-1 record. Their resolve is going to be tested in the coming days, however. Star guard Stephen Curry was just ruled out due to injuryStephen Curry was just ruled out due to injury for at least the […]

The Golden State Warriors will be especially shorthanded in the backcourt for an upcoming baseball set with the New Orleans Pelicans. De’Anthony Melton will join Stephen Curry on the sidelines on Tuesday and Wednesday at Chase Center, out against the Pelicans due to right facet inflammation in his back. Andrew Wiggins is listed as questionable […]

There were still nearly eight minutes left on the fourth quarter clock on Sunday night when Stephen Curry hopped back toward the sideline and immediately motioned for a sub, putting little to no weight on the balky left ankle he’d just turned again. Chase Center quickly knew what was obvious to anyone watching across the […]

Following the Golden State Warriors’ season-opening win Wednesday night over the Portland Trail Blazers, a somewhat quiet offseason seems to have paid off. Coach Steve Kerr debuted a 12-man rotation in the Warriors’ dominant 139-104 road victory. That depth mainly benefits the Warriors’ up-tempo style of play; they held a 31-5 advantage on fastbreak points […]

So much for small-ball. Following a training camp and exhibition slate that left three starting spots open alongside Stephen Curry and Draymond Green, the Golden State Warriors have elected to start big for Wednesday night’s season opener against the Portland Trail Blazers. Andrew Wiggins, Jonathan Kuminga and Trayce Jackson-Davis will be on the floor for […]

A new chapter begins for the Golden State Warriors entering the 2024-25 NBA season. While Stephen Curry remains the face of the team, both Chris Paul and Klay Thompson are gone, opening up new opportunities for others on the roster to try and carve their name in Warriors’ lore. For Andrew Wiggins, the new NBA […]

The Golden State Warriors are entering a new era after they failed to make the playoffs because the Sacramento Kings gave them the boot in the play-in tournament. Klay Thompson is now a member of the Dallas Mavericks, leaving Stephen Curry and Draymond Green as the two aging stars left from the dynasty. The Warriors […]

Jonathan Kuminga didn’t get the contract extension he wanted from the Golden State Warriors. Frustrated as Kuminga may be now that he’s headed to restricted free agency next summer, though, it shouldn’t be too difficult for him to turn the page as the regular season dawns. Not only is he surely relishing the opportunity to […]

The Golden State Warriors are finally fully healthy. Andrew Wiggins made his long-awaited preseason debut in Tuesday’s win over the Los Angeles Lakers, recovered from a nagging illness. But the Dubs were missing two other key contributors in Sin City after Brandin Podziemski was diagnosed with a broken nose and De’Anthony Melton’s nagging back issues […]

The nagging back issue that allowed the Golden State Warriors to sign De’Anthony Melton for the mid-level exception flared up again ahead of Tuesday’s preseason victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. Brandin Podziemski joined him on the sidelines at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, waiting to be fitted for a protective mask after breaking his nose […]

Steph Curry’s supporting cast took a big hit this offseason as the currently rotation-shuffling Golden State Warriors lost Splash Brother Klay Thompson to the Dallas Mavericks. Thompson’s replacement Brandin Podziemski now has a broken nose. Draymond Green still graces the locker room but Andrew Wiggins has been noticeably absent all too often over the past […]

After Andrew Wiggins was ruled out from the first Golden State Warriors’ preseason game with a sickness, he made some significant progress. Kendra Andrews of ESPN tweeted that “Wiggins participated in practice today after missing all of camp in Hawaii. He did not take part in the live-action portion of the day, and he will […]

A flaming hot Lindy Waters III sent the Golden State Warriors to dramatic victory on Saturday in Honolulu, his buzzer-beating triple yielding a 91-90 win over the Los Angeles Clippers. Waters’ trey marked his fifth three-pointer across just 15 minutes of action, helping mask the new-look Dubs’ putrid performance from beyond the arc in their […]

The Golden State Warriors open preseason on Saturday in Hawaii against the Los Angeles Clippers, but they will be without Andrew Wiggins whose status has been ruled out as per Anthony Slater of The Athletic. The official status of Andrew Wiggins is that he is feeling under the weather. Slater reports that Wiggins has done […]

The Golden State Warriors are in flux. After Klay Thompson left for the Dallas Mavericks, the team has done its best to fill in the void. Their failed trade attempts for Lauri Markkanen and Paul George signaled their confidence in their young players like Brandin Podziemski, Moses Moody, and Jonathan Kuminga. However, it remains unclear […]

It is tough to summarize what Klay Thompson meant to the Golden State Warriors. In fact, even Stephen Curry and everyone within the walls of the organization have trouble expressing Thompson’s value to the dynasty Golden State built. But the 2024-25 NBA season is less than a month away, and with training camp beginning, the […]

The last couple of seasons have been a struggle for Andrew Wiggins, to say the least. After the Golden State Warriors reclaimed their championship glory in 2022, a moment that very few expected when the season began, Wiggins was rewarded with a four-year, $109 million extension with the team due to the impact he made […]

The NBA world suffered a tragic loss on Friday with the death of former NBA player Mitchell Wiggins. He was 64 years old. Mitchell Wiggins was the father of current Golden State Warriors wing Andrew Wiggins. The NBA Alumni social media account published a post with Mitchell’s photo and the words: “The basketball community has […]

The Golden State Warriors have captured four NBA championships during their current Steve Kerr and Stephen Curry driven era, which has also included big names like Draymond Green and Klay Thompson, the latter of which formed a duo the likes of which has never been seen with Curry. Ex-Warriors GM Bob Myers now works as […]

The Golden State Warriors are coming into the 2024-25 season with high hopes, as they replenished the roster with plenty of depth to make up for the departure of Klay Thompson as well as their failed trade pursuits of Paul George and Lauri Markkanen, among others. But them being in the Western Conference means that […]

So much for the Golden State Warriors’ good problem of sussing out a rotational numbers crunch on the wing and interior after trading for Lauri Markkanen. The Finnish star is reportedly unlikely to sign an extension with the Utah Jazz when he becomes eligible for a new deal on August 6th.  As a result, Markkanen […]

The Olympic field has been set after the conclusion of the four FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. While some NBA stars will dawn the national team colors, unfortunately, not all NBA players will be seeing action for the countries that qualified for the Summer Games in Paris. Let’s take a look at 10 NBA players who […]

Is the sun setting on the Golden State Warriors dynasty? Some would argue that the sun has already set on them. But as long as Stephen Curry is on the team and playing at an All-Star level, the onus is on the Warriors front office to put together a winning team as they look to […]

The Golden State Warriors have been surprisingly quiet so far this NBA offseason in terms of acquisition, replacing Klay Thompson with a combination of smaller signings like Kyle Anderson and Buddy Hield so far to help supplement Stephen Curry. With Curry entering his age 37 season, pressure is on the Warriors’ front office to make […]

Major changes are coming for the Golden State Warriors; after a season in which they underperformed and missed the playoffs, a roster upheaval seems to be on the way, with the Dubs setting their sights on a potential trade for Los Angeles Clippers star Paul George. With Andrew Wiggins one of the pieces that could […]

Golden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins, who has been a constant subject of trade rumors, has been told by the team that he cannot play for Team Canada this summer in the Olympics per Toronto Raptors reporter Doug Smith: “Andrew Wiggins out of Canadian Olympic picture, according to a source. Golden State Warriors playing hardball […]

The Golden State Warriors have brought in countless successful players over the last few seasons, all of whom seem to have some sort of edge to them or unique set of accomplishments in their respective leagues. Scoring guard Cory Joseph is one of them. Joseph is a native of Toronto and now plays for the […]

The Indiana Pacers, despite their impressive journey to the Eastern Conference Finals, found themselves swept away by a dominant Boston Celtics team. The result was a bitter end to a season filled with hope, growth, and unexpected success. Now, with the offseason upon them, the Pacers must regroup and strengthen their roster to make a […]

So much for the Golden State Warriors’ underdog run through the play-in tournament and deep into the playoffs. As the Dubs turn the page toward what could be a truly transformational summer, let’s look back at everything that went wrong in the Bay during a tumultuous 2023-24 season. Draymond Green’s multiple suspensions Mike Dunleavy Jr. […]

A very disappointing play-in tournament loss to the Sacramento Kings gives the Golden State Warriors a head start on what will be an extremely important and interesting offseason for the NBA’s most recent dynasty. The Warriors have won four championships since 2015, but their struggles have been one of the main talking points of the […]

The Golden State Warriors are teetering on the brink of 2023-2024 season infamy, struggling to get momentum going in time for the 2024 NBA Playoffs. The Dubs have gotten key performances from Jonathan Kuminga and other promising young players this season, mostly Kuminga, but still rely way too much on the hot hand of Curry […]

The Golden State Warriors are the tenth-place team in the Western Conference, a position certainly not befitting of superstar Stephen Curry’s masterful 2024 season thus far. Curry needs help, and forwards Andrew Wiggins and Jonathan Kuminga are among the best options for giving it to him this season. Both are currently dealing with ambiguous injury […]

Jonathan Kuminga was a late scratch due to knee tendinitis. Draymond Green was ejected less than four minutes after tipoff for extended arguing with official Ray Acosta. The Orlando Magic were playing on three days of rest, while the Golden State Warriors faced the second leg of a tough back-to-back on the road. None of […]

SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors used an utterly dominant third quarter to blow past the Memphis Grizzlies at Chase Center on Wednesday, resulting in a feel-good 137-116 victory. A stirring finish to the first half and utterly dominant start to the second turned a once-competitive game into a laugher, allowing Stephen Curry and […]

The Golden State Warriors used a third-quarter surge to come away with a 112-102 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Monday. They had to get over a slow first half, which included a small heated moment between two Dubs players. During the second quarter, Andrew Wiggins and Brandin Podziemski both found themselves leading a […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Andrew Wiggins has returned to a Golden State Warriors team that might be better than the one he left barely over a week ago. Why? His four-game absence due to a personal family matter thrust Moses Moody from the end of the bench into the starting lineup. Steve Kerr told reporters on […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Andrew Wiggins has returned to the Golden State Warriors, likely to re-take his normal place in the starting lineup for Wednesday’s matchup with the Milwaukee Bucks. While that means Moses Moody is inevitably headed back to the bench, Wiggins’ availability, thankfully, won’t banish the third-year wing out of Golden State’s regular rotation […]

Andrew Wiggins is set to return to the Golden State Warriors this week after missing four straight games due to a personal matter, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania and Anthony Slater. Andrew Wiggins is expected to return to team activities this week after tending to a serious family matter, per @ShamsCharania. Wiggins has missed […]

Klay Thompson will be back at his most familiar spot in the Golden State Warriors’ lineup. After coming off the bench for the last six games, the future Hall-of-Famer is set to start for Golden State in Friday’s road matchup with the Toronto Raptors due to the absences of Andrew Wiggins and Brandin Podziemski, according […]